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THE PICKENS SENTINEL. X | _ DEVOTED TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND TO THE GENERAL INTEREST OF TIIE COUNTRY. VOL. Y. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY^ ORGAN IZK. y To the Citizens of Piekens County. Colulmdia, S. C., Fob. 9, 1870. Having boon nppointod by the Exocntivo Committoo of tho Domop.rfit.in party of South Carolina, to organize Democratic Clubs in Pickoos, I do hereby call upon all good pooplo to aid mo in that work. I am cons vincod by tho acts of tho party in power in this Stato, that a largo majority oi tbom novor intend any roal reform, consequently our only hope for an honest, just and economical governmont, must como from and through the Democratic party, whoso flole purpose is to havo honest, corns potent, and just mon in oflico, who will not intorforo with tho rights of ?ny?but on tho contrary will guar, antee protection to all her citizens. I therefore, call apon all good citizons nf Pirtlfflno Pniint ?? ??1 -* *L M vwvun vrvuuujr tu llJUUb ui inoir various voting prooinots on tho 1st Saturday in March next, for tho purpose of organizing and ?looting Dologates to a County Convention, to bo bold at PiokensC. II. on tho Saturday following, to elect an Kxocutivo Committoo for the County, and Dologatoe r? tl.A o???? " ? ?~r MIU kJWIVU VUUVUllUOIl, LO DO 111 4 readinoss whon called; and, for tho purposo of perfecting thoso organizations, I appoint iho following namod persons of each Township, whoso duty J it will bo to organizo tho various clubs, 'vie: Pickensville.?T M Wclborn, T \V ltussoll, J. W. Brunson. J 11 Gosantt. J S Lnthnm. Salubrity.?J It Holcombo, W G Fiold, Dr. Goorgo Robinson, M T Smith, A 1 Clayton. Garvin.?E II Lawronco, J J Lowib, F V Clayton, B J Johnson, F L Garvin. Eadcy.?J J Herd, F C Parsons, L TKnmoo 'P ?T m ?r . . uvMiwg, jl (T AUIIUBUII, JL ill. iVlOX ndor. Pickens C. H.?it A Child, W T Bowcn, O P Field, lliloy Simmons, W T McFall. Dacusville.?B F Morgan,!1 TLooper, J B Sutherland, W W Bright, Robort Hunt. Pumpkintown.?J A Bates, Mathow CiilloBpie, Allen Edons, J T Burdino, Mnrcun Koitb. Eastatoe.?*J T Lowis, William Nimmons, T N MoKiunoy, Jacob Lowis, J O Moeoly, Tbroo Dologatcs from oacb Town> fillip Should bo olectod to thn Hnnntv Convention?tho County will be ontitled to two Delegates to tho Stato Convention. B. E. J JO WEN County Chairman. A SCKNK IN CONOUKSS.?An intnr eating lottor from Washington, doss criptivo of tho sconos that occurrod during tho rocont dobuto in tho Ilouso * of Representatives on tho amnesty bill, in roforring to tho point of timo whon Mr. Blaino chargcd ox-Prosidont Davis with boing a willful murderer. llva lnMr>r onvo. ?7 *** "The oxoitomont in the Houso at this point was intonso, but it grow to whito fovor liout wlion tho ox Speak-, er said: 'And I hero, boforo God, measuring my words, knowing their ftall oxtont and import, doclaro that neither tho deeds of tho Duko of Alva in the low countries nnr tim ?v>nao..?..n. J v. v.?v III I U of Saint Bartholomew, nor tho thumb orow and onginos of torturo of tho Spanish inquisition, bogin to oompare in atrocity with tho hidoous crimo o' p Andorsonvillo.' In an instant, Mr. M. Robbins, of North Carolina, sprang to his foot, and with powerful omplmsiH sont ringing through tho obambor tho roply: imi - A i- ? * " * " 'xnnx, is an iniamous Biandorl' Tho effoot was olootrioal. Tho hn.ll rang with applauso, and tho bafllod rago of tho raan who is Booking to walk into tho Prosidonoy ovor blooding hearts was indosoribablo. Blaino turned ~ i ? ? ? .1 U1 I -II " f will x> mm uiuu nuu Ull HOl'lH OI COIOrS, for ho bad at last mot a man who in montftl powors is his equal, and in honesty of purpose and phyaioal courage his superior." Power hath not halt tho might of gentleness. Produoe Tour Own SuppliesTho Southom section of tho United Statee is, by nature, admirably adadapted to agricultural pursuits. Tho ' soil and tho olimato aro such as to f mnlrn Ua Qah*U ^ uiiv uuui/ii uiii|juutiuitiijr u mi'ining orountry. Tho formor is oithor rich and productivo, or capablo of boing mndo so. Tho lftttor is favora~ bio to tho maturing of all fruits and coroals found in tho tomporato zonos, and many of tnoso found in tho torrid zono. Clovor, and an almost ondloss variety of grassos, suitod both for pas turago and long forago, grow and flourish in most sootions of tho South. Whoat, ryo, barloy, oats, poas, beans an/l -1" 11. 1 --- " jLiiuiaii uuiu uu wmij uuu 111 1110 samo rogion, cotton, homp, flax, tobacco and indigo yield abundant crops. With rogard to fruits, tho South can boast of apples, poaches, figs, plums, chorrios, strawborrios, raspborrioa and grapes. No country in tho world is bottor adantod to tho nrmlnnt.inn r?f I - -- , I- "" swoot potatoos than tho South, and tho Irish potato yiolds, with liltlo culture, onortnou8 crops. Woro thoso unvarnishod facts stated to ono who had novor been in tho Southern country, and woro ho told in addition to thoso things that tho South abounds in magnificent rivors and beautiful lakos, ho would conaI.-x ii.v n ? i - - uiuuu luui> iuo ouuiuorn section ot tho United Statos is tho host portion of tho globo. llo would conoludo that tho people were surrounded by all tho comforts of lifo anil enjoyed all tho luxuries of tho world. Ilo would imagino that tho cribs of Southern farmors wcro filled with corn, their gran anes won stored with wheat, ryo, barIcy and oats; that thoir barns wore filled with the choicost hay, and tlmt their stables woro filled with the finest horses and mules, and their fields with tho finest cattle. lie would imagine that to cvory farm thero was attached an orchard filled with a vast variety ot tho choicest fruit. He would also conclude that tho table of u Southern farmor was loaded daily, not only with tho noeossstios of lifo, but was covcrcd vith tho choicest luxuries. Ho would imagine that upon it wore placod dishes of tho richcst buttor and bowls of tho purest niilki and fruits of tho most dolicious flavor and tho sweetest tasto. YVoro such a ono to visit tho South, no would una things very ditt'oront from what ho oxpoetcd. On many farms ho would find no ryo, no oats, no wheat, no hay, no corn, no bacon, no buttor, no milk, no orchard and no meadow. IIo would find a fow loan mulos and horsos, and possibly a poor cow; but not a hog nor shoop. If in what is called tho cotton bolt of tho South, ho would soo a cotton gin and a low bales of cotton. This and noth*? ing moro. In this region ho would hoar thom complaining of had crops, tho low prioo of cotton, tho unroliabloncss of labor, tho high taxes, tho high prico of corn and baoon, and hard timos generally. Notwithstanding all that has boon said in hnnlrn iiml nnwa. papers about tho oxcolloncy of tho South as a farming country, ho would conclude that tho South, in fact, judging from tho praotico of tho farmore, wan woll adaptod to tho cultivation of but vory fow things. lie would conclude that whoro cotton will grow nothing ol?o will grow. Such a con| elusion would bo roadily roaohod by a Btvangor from tho fact that in tho rogion wore ho saw cotton growing ho saw nothing clso cultivatod. If ho woro told that tho country is woll adaptod to many other things, he would bo promptod, by instinct, to apk why thon aro thoso things not oultivatod? This would bo a sonsiblo quostion; and ono which ovory farmor should ask himself. If tho South can raiso ZiAitn utltiT /I /\aa /.U a KnxA * 4 a I. wi ii) tthj uuon oiiu iiuvu it nun I tU IIU1" from othor suctions of tho country? If tho South can produco hor own supplies, why doos she not do it? It is roudily admitted that, as a monoy crop for tho South, ihoro in nothing equal to cotton; but tho country noods something olso bosidos j monoy. it, may do mat the cotton I that can bo produood on nn acrooi'j land will buy raoro corn than could bo producod upon that aero. This may bo truo, and still it may bo truo iL-i -11 ?' mm, nu conon ana no corn is a bac^ motto. A divorslty ot crops on tho Bnmo farm has many advantages. Tho vory samonoes which is prosontod constant^ ly to tho mind of tho farmer, who cultivates bul ono kind of crop produces weariness. IIo bocomcs dispir^ ' itod. Tho human mind is so constiI tutod that it absolutely roquires variety. This varioty is soon in hill mountain and dulo. A variety of crops infusos onorgy into tho laborer. 4 r mrmor can maico ms own supplies, and nearly as much cotton or any othor monoy crop, as ho can whon ho makes no effort to produco any supplios at all. This may bo thought oxtravagant; but if any ono will tako tho troublo to look into tho faots in tho caso, ho will conclude that tho statomont is corroet. Anrnin* o 11 ??. uiYuiouy ui urupa cnaoies tho farmor to savo his land. It mattors not what crop it is, if it bo planted your aftor year on tho samo land, tlio soil will becomo oxhaustod. To koep it up will roquiro much labor and great oxponeo in tho way of manure. By a diversity of crops, tho farmer is ablo to rule tho markot and not bo ruled hv tlm mnvb-^? :? . ? - ... W U.MI avv. il Its IV matter of universal observation that those farmers who dovotn thoir wholo attention to a rnonoy crop, and mako no effort to produco thoir own supplies, aro wholly under the control of circumslancos which they might control, if they saw fit so to do. Tho tlioory of Southern formers with ros yuut to conon is absolutely correct, | but their practico is absolutely wrong. They all admit that there is too much attention paid to tho cultivation of cotton and not enough lo tho producing of supplies. If they know what is right and what is wrong, why do they not do what is right? It is admitted that if tho Southorn people would produeo thoir own corn, flour and baoon, and what cotton, bo- I I ? ' ? uuvi^ UUU1U, >VW WUUIU OO il pi'08? porous pooplo. Why is this not done? Generally speaking, thoso fanners who raiso their own corn, whoat, oats and bacon, together with a littlo cotton, aro in oaay circumstances. This is tho proper timo of tho year to tako this mattor into consideration. If tho farmers of tho South will plant tho same number of acres in corn that uuuy fjimib in cotton, ana (lovoto tho flamo attontion to its cultivation that thoy usually do to tho cultivation of tho cotton crop, next fall will Gnd our country in a bottor condition than it is to day. If our Southern farmors continuo to produco nothing but cotton and dopond upon tho market for broad and moat, tho ond will soon corno.?Yorkvillo Enquiror. The Philadelphia Times says: Moro troops are wanted?this time in South Catolina, and Senator Morton should not stand upon the order of his demand for them. Two unconvicted outlaws have boon elected Judges in South Carolina, and an obstinate Governor refuses to commission them, and what is still worse, tho Legislature has been unable to take from Governor Chamberlain tho ap, fc -i. ~1 - n* i?7iuwiioiib 01 uiuciiuu oi oiucors.? There must bo more troops at onco down that way, or things will go to eternal smash. If Morton doubts it, lot him ask Senator Patterson, who knows how it is himself. With Moses and Whippor koptout of their judgeships, and honest election ofliccrs allowed to go in. Mortion can't bet a cent on tho noxt South fWnliiia t.lo? tion. More tro>pa. Wfir Throo thousand six hum) rod dollars oftho taxoa of Darlington woro recently ovor paid into the Stato treasury. Two thousand bovoh hundred dollars havo boon roturnod. 'I don't havo to go to tho nowspa** pors for my whisky nows' sho romarkod conftdontially to afiiond, 'I can always toll it by his broath tho raomont ho gots into tho bod." , V Why He LeftCI ? ? ? oome monins ago Uolonel Bangs ougaged a young follow named Scuddor as sub-editor of tho Morning Argus. On tho day boforo tlio annivoreary of Bunker Ilill, Hangs asked Scudder if ho was familiar with that battlo, and Scudder said ho was. So Bangs told Scudder ho would liko him to write up a little sketch of it ior tno anniversary day, and Scuddor said ho would try. The next morning the sketch appeared in the paper and attracted much attention. VVhon Bangs taw it ho called Scuddor in and said: "Mr Scuddor, didn't you tell mo that you wore familiar with the battlo of Rnnk?i? 11;ila'' ?v.? w ?AUM AVJO sir." "Well, if that is the case, I will be obligod if you will toll mo what you mean when von say: "By 4 o'clock the Confederate troops wore 1 ready for the attack. Gen. Washington had the catapults put in lino to await their coming; and when Na? I J poleon saw them ho drew his trusty sword and said, 'Soldiers! twenty centuries look down upon you.' 1 'No sooner wore tho battering 1 rams leveled against tho wall ol tho castle than the Duke of Wellington sent word to his inothor by Gen But\ ler, that he would either win or bo brought back on hia shield. Then ordering his men to lire at the white 4l ' 1 ui mo enemy 8 eyes, lie waited the onset with all that majestic calmness which ever distinguished the great hero of Bnena Vista. This was the very crisis of the battle. Joaii of Arc, spying (Jen. Jackson behind tho cot ton bales, dashed at him upon her snow white charger, swinging her ponderous battle axe over her head, r.,:.. i.-:? ..... mil ii?u huh Biruiiuiuig oomnu tier in tho wind. As lior steed rushed forward her hair caught in the hough ol a tree, and as she hung there Sergeant Iiates shot her through the heart with a bolt Iroin an arquebus, her last words were, 'Don't givo up tho ship!' The Duko could stand it no longer. Tho Mamelukes had slain all tho vanguard?Gen. Sickles had lost his lnrr iinrl ! ?<! " > " < v II vv? V/?4 <1 J J U I J sion, and tho enemy's skirmishers lodged in tho top of the Bunker IIi 1' Monument, were pouring boiling oi' on those who attempted to scale it' Leaping from his horse, lie shouted. 4Up guards, and at them!' aud tho next moment, with tho clorioiiR finer o ?n ot truce in ono hand and his ssvord j in tbo other, he hurled hid legions upon the lava bods, crushing tlio sav ago foo to tho ouriii, mid killing, atnong others, tbo well known Goneral Harrison, afterwards the President of tho United States.' I think wo shall have to part, Mr Scudder. It. seems to mo that you career as ft journalist ought to end right hero. I will aceo;?t your resignation. And it anyone asks your why you left tho Argus, point out this paragraph, and say that it was because tho proprietor was afraid ho'd murder you when ho roud the statement that, 4at tho uuuiu 01 liuuKcr mil, uio uonteder* tilos lost 80,000, and ilio Carthagenians only GOO, and lliat lliero is no Bj)ut in Virginia people hold more sacred than tiiat bloody hill whore tho bonus of Cromwell liu with those ot Itodger Williams.' point to that M.. u i.i? ? ixngungV) iui UUUUUVIi ill HI VUUl" friends will understand thosituation.* A lawyer, about to finish a biJl of costB, was roquostod by his client, a bnlcor, to mako it as light as possiblo. 'Ah,' said tho lawyor, 'you might properly onough say that to tho foroman of your ostablishmont, but that is not Lho way 1 mako my bread.' >m ^ ?A schoolmaster nuid: "I am liko ;i bono?I sharpon a numbor of blades* but wear raysolf out in doing it.' Bridal toura aro going out of fi\Bhion, and tl*o young man can onjoy tl>o bliflsful dayn dirootly undor tho watohful oyo of liifl mothor'in^law. ' Sensible Southern DomocratsA Washington dispatch to tlio Now Ynvl- Hiivnl.l ' l! ' *r i.viuiu, uuuuilg or nil'. Davis' recent letter to Judgo Lyons, save: uThe letter, people say, is simply calculated to rovive animoaitina W..tvw 14 1 1 1 V > I ought to rest, and shows that Mr. Davis is slill a soured and impracticable person, who lias not even tho tact to remain silent. It is thought that the letter will arousoagood deal of bitter fooling in tho North, for men say Mr. Davis writ.p.n nn the rebellion was right and tho tie tenders of tho Union were iu the wrong and ought to humble themselves and ask pardon. Sensible Democrats, Southern men as well as Northern men, say they regret the letter, and think it was entirely un called fur." > We have heard something too much of this sort of talk. The damnable iteration of "policy," "policy" has becomo as disgusting as is stupid. Wo would like to know the names of sotno of these same "sensible South, ern Democrats" who "regrot" Mr Davis' letter and think "it was on* tirely uncalled for." Wo venture tho prediction that they will not be in a Lurry to reveal their identity to their constituents. Tho leader of the Republican party rises in his place in Congress and charges Mr. Davis with outrageous cruelty and inhu mnnitv Hnl'ononlnan -f 1 j uuiv/uQvitoa pi isuuura 01 war. It Mr. Davis were guilty of sueli a crime ho would be justly considered infamous 60 long as his name could be remembered. Yet because he does not remain quiet under this accusation and allow his silence to be construed as admitting its truth lie is censured in the harshest terms. | And when lie answers his accuser and pronounces his statements false, Southern Democrats say his letter is entirely uncalled for." Out upon such "Southern Democrats," they ai O tOO Dolitic tO hn O.ntirolil linnnof Chronicle and Sentinel. The Usury LawThe Legislature* is now engaged in the annual task of seeking to regu? O O late the rate of interest on money and llius to make monav r?liAnn nm) J Jtitul. Some of the wiseacres of that body imagine that by restricting tho rate of interest, money will seek investments in houses and lands and thus give an impetus to tho material progress of tho country. The most natural effect will bo to iuduco the n.iMlRnlan I iona lnn/lflf ?/ > wV..wv??*^/uw ivu V4VI vyj 11UU1 U lllg monoy or invest it outside of the State, and to turn over the borrower to tho clntchos of tlie unscrupulous who will find out a hundred ways of evading the law. Tlie only way of making money plentiful and tho rates of interost low is to go to hard work, practice econs 'J .11. i ? omv, uvoiu (icur, Duucl u]) tlio pro* dnctivo resources of tlio country, bccurc good government, and just and equal laws, and moderate taxation, and capital will then llow in. Tlio-e would-be refortners coinmenco at tlio wrong ond when they attempt to forco capital. It ia the handmaid of in uustry and cconomy, mid whilst it may be courted by wieo laws, it cannot bo coerced by "the power of the Legislature. It is as free as the winds and calls no man master. Let th6ro bo an end of such legislation.? ' The worth of a thing is what it will bring," and thiu applies to money us to anything else. - 4^ Thoro is a good donl of firo in litis horso radish,' romarlcod Mrs. Spilkms nt dinner yostorday. 'Yes, my lovo,' ropliod Lonndor 'it must havo como trom tho grate.' It is a wrotchod way to always turn tho smoothest sido to tho world and tho roughest and ooaraost to ono's , nearest and doareat frionds. 1MKJ. The Way They Do in Congress. ci . * ~ oawrday, when 'Big English' saw that it was g?ing to bo a lonesome day for the boot blacks, lie set his head to work to devise something to break the monotony, says the Detroit Free I'ress. About 10 o'clock ho got a number of boys into the alley behind the post office and organized the 'Forty-fifth Congress. 'Big KngiSoi.' ? 1 - * - - ..o.. 10 <? ict^iiiar render ot tho daily papers, and he is a groat organizer* It took him but fifteen minutes to get the lllouse' and 'Senate' running so smoothly that lawyers and others looked down from their windows with gruui mieress. 'Who's ft liar?' yelled ft white headed hoy us ho jumped up. '0!i, dry up!' shouted'Sixth Ward Tom.' Put him out?ho was in tho rebel army!' callod a boy from Grand ItirP,r Jivonnn 'Sonic one clubbed my dog fiftcon years ftgo, ami I can never torgivo him,' howled ptrawborry Bob. 'Git out the records, and less boo who was loyul,' put in King's boy. Big English rapped on his box to restore order, but King Tommy throw up iiis hut and yelled: 4I moves lor tho aiases and nozea.7 4lle can't gag me,' shouted a lathy boy from Windsor. 'Lcb havo a salary grab,1 piped a Congress street boy. 'Tho pcopul won't stand it,' wboops od another. 'llain't wo tho peopuM' demanded a boy on the railing. 'Aro wo 0110 country!1 askod tho Speaker, as ho rose up. 'I are, but y u hainM1 yelped Nickety Nick. 'Doesn't one flag fl >at fur ue all!1 continued the Spcakor. 'It does about tax time!1 screamed a cross eycu youth from Springwolls. Somebody kicked tho honorable Speaker, lie then struck the honorable gontlcman from Wisconsin.? The honorable gentleman from Wis* conein smashed at tho honorable gentleman from Georgia, and hair stood U|/ uuu wtib .tuuo BlUUU our. yy noil tho row quieted down tho honorable Speaker remarked: 'It was pretty good for tho first time, though you didn't abuse each other enough.' Siioui.d Any Man Swear.?Wo can conccivo no reason why any man should swear, but many reasons why tie BMoiiiii not: 1. It is mean. A man of high moral character would almost as ieavo 6teal a eheop as swear. 2. It is vulgar and altogether too low for a decent man. 3. It is cowaidly?implying a fear ,.r J.u~i:~ i *ji iivi uuimvuu. 4. It is ungentlcnianly. A gentlo* mail id too well bred, and refined. Sncli an 0110 will no more swear than throw mud with a clod-hoppcr. 5. It is indecent, offensive to delicacy and unlit for any human ear. G. It is foolish. A want of decency is a want ot sense. 7. it is abusive to the mind which conceives the oath, to the tongues which utter it, and tho person at whom it is aimed. 8. It is venomous; it shows man's heart to he a nest of vipers, and sticks his head out. 1). It. 1R <>m>tniviii(!l'vln - IVIIUlllll^ I IIU respect of tho wiBo and the good. 10. It is wicked, violating tho divine law, and provoking tlio displeasure of Ilim who will not hold him guiltless who taketh His name ir> vain. .? 11 That's mi enterprising man who has jnst paid the Centennial Munai gera $3,000 for a coi.oossion for pop* corn soiling; 'If thoro ifl nnything which will mnko my mouth water,' said old top> or, 'L don't want to sco it.'